PLACE

position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

(noun) a job in an organization; “he occupied a post in the treasury”

stead, position, place, lieu

(noun) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; “can you go in my stead?”; “took his place”; “in lieu of”

place

(noun) an abstract mental location; “he has a special place in my thoughts”; “a place in my heart”; “a political system with no place for the less prominent groups”

space, blank space, place

(noun) a blank area; “write your name in the space provided”

place

(noun) the passage that is being read; “he lost his place on the page”

place, position

(noun) an item on a list or in a sequence; “in the second place”; “moved from third to fifth position”

place, property

(noun) any area set aside for a particular purpose; “who owns this place?”; “the president was concerned about the property across from the White House”

home, place

(noun) where you live at a particular time; “deliver the package to my home”; “he doesn’t have a home to go to”; “your place or mine?”

plaza, place, piazza

(noun) a public square with room for pedestrians; “they met at Elm Plaza”; “Grosvenor Place”

position, place

(noun) the particular portion of space occupied by something; “he put the lamp back in its place”

place

(noun) a general vicinity; “He comes from a place near Chicago”

seat, place

(noun) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); “he booked their seats in advance”; “he sat in someone else’s place”

place, shoes

(noun) a particular situation; “If you were in my place what would you do?”

place, station

(noun) proper or designated social situation; “he overstepped his place”; “the responsibilities of a man in his station”; “married above her station”

place

(noun) proper or appropriate position or location; “a woman’s place is no longer in the kitchen”

identify, place

(verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; “She identified the man on the ‘wanted’ poster”

rate, rank, range, order, grade, place

(verb) assign a rank or rating to; “how would you rank these students?”; “The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide”

place, come in, come out

(verb) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; “Jerry came in third in the Marathon”

place

(verb) to arrange for; “place a phone call”; “place a bet”

place

(verb) sing a note with the correct pitch

place

(verb) finish second or better in a horse or dog race; “he bet $2 on number six to place”

station, post, send, place

(verb) assign to a station

target, aim, place, direct, point

(verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; “He aimed his fists towards his opponent’s face”; “criticism directed at her superior”; “direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself”

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location; “Put your things here”; “Set the tray down”; “Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children”; “Place emphasis on a certain point”

set, localize, localise, place

(verb) locate; “The film is set in Africa”

invest, put, commit, place

(verb) make an investment; “Put money into bonds”

locate, place, site

(verb) assign a location to; “The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles”

place

(verb) place somebody in a particular situation or location; “he was placed on probation”

place

(verb) assign to (a job or a home)

place, localize, localise

(verb) identify the location or place of; “We localized the source of the infection”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

place (plural places)

(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.

An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.

(often, in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.

An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.

Any area of the earth: a region.

The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.

The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.

An area of the skin.

(euphemism slang) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.

(obsolete) An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.

A location or position in space.

A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.

(obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.

(obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.

A frame of mind.

(chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.

(social) A responsibility or position in an organization.

A role or purpose; a station.

The position of a contestant in a competition.

(horse-racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.

The position as a member of a sports team.

(obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.

Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.

Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.

Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

Synonyms

• (market square): courtyard, piazza, plaza, square

• (somewhere to sit): seat

• (outhouse or lavatory): See bathroom

• (location): location, position, situation, stead, stell, spot

• (frame of mind): frame of mind, mindset, mood

Hyponyms

• abiding place

• decimal place

• dwelling place

• hiding place

• meeting place

• passing place

• purging place

• resting place

• workplace

Etymology 2

Verb

place (third-person singular simple present places, present participle placing, simple past and past participle placed)

(transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.

(intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.

(intransitive, racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.

(transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.

(transitive, in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.

(transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

(transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).

(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.

(sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).

Conjugation

Additional archaic forms include the second-person singular past tense'' placedst.

Synonyms

• (to earn a given spot)

• (to put in a specific location): deposit, lay, lay down, put down

• (to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered)

• (passive, to achieve a certain position): achieve, make

• (to sing (a note) with the correct pitch): reach

• (to arrange for, make (a bet))

• (to recruit or match an appropriate person)

Anagrams

• Capel, Caple, capel, caple, clape

Proper noun

Place (plural Places)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Place is the 4862^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7251 individuals. Place is most common among White (93.41%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Capel, Caple, capel, caple, clape

Source: Wiktionary

Place, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. prsthu, Lith. platus. Cf. Flawn, Piazza, Plate, Plaza.]

1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. Here is the place appointed. Shak. What place can be for us Within heaven's bound Milton. The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. Locke.

2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. "Hangman boys in the market place." Shak.

3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. Are you native of this place Shak.

4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating magic of place." Hawthorne. Men in great place are thrice servants. Bacon. I know my place as I would they should do theirs. Shak.

5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). "In place of Lord Bassanio." Shak.

6. A definite position or passage of a document. The place of the scripture which he read was this. Acts viii. 32.

7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.

8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. My word hath no place in you. John viii. 37.

9. (Astron.)

Definition: Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. Wilhelm.

– High place (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. "Him that offereth in the high place." Jer. xlviii. 35.

– In place, in proper position; timely.

– Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place.

– Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground.

– Place name, the name of a place or locality. London Academy.

– To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. "Neither give place to the devil." Eph. iv. 27. "Let all the rest give place." Shak.

– To have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart.

– To take place. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. "If your doctrine takes place." Berkeley. "But none of these excuses would take place." Spenser.

– To take the place of, to be substituted for.

Syn.

– Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead.

Place, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placed; p. pr. & vb. n. Placing.] Etym: [Cf. F. placer. See Place, n.]

1. To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. Shak.

2. To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed. Place such over them to be rulers. Ex. xviii. 21.

3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.

4. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. "My resolution 's placed." Shak.

5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. Place it for her chief virtue. Shak. To place (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.]

Syn.

– See Put.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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